that was one of the things that struck me about Angela’s Ashes – how much more difficult his life was than mine, and how he’d moved past it to the point of being able to tell the story with a sense of humor.

Oh, I read about the harrowing childhood…egads! I went digging just now and here’s what I found over at Amazon forums on Angela’s Ashes from one poster there:

Being a life-long Catholic myself, but one who constantly strays, questions, and then returns, I’m fascinated by Frank’s love/hate relationship with the Church. He brings it up in detail in all three of his books, which I’ve read, listened to, and loved. (It’s a treat to listen to his books, as they’re read by himself, and what a lovely voice and accent he has.) Anyway, I had the fine opportunity to meet Frank McCourt seveal months ago at a local bookstore. He gave a talk and signed books. When it was my turn to meet him, I told him that I had a burning question to ask him. “What?” he said. I said, “Mr. McCourt, after all the experiences you’ve had with the Catholic Church, good and bad, may I ask — are you still a Catholic?” He laughed heartily and replied, “My dear, being a Catholic is just like being in the Mafia – once they’ve got you, the only release you’ll get is THE GRAVE.”

About two weeks ago I caught Senator craig on the senate floor reminiscing on endlessly about his good times with the Senate Gay Chorus.. I really need to find it and save it.. It was classic to say the least. The disconnect, beyond the pale.

Frankly, I don’t care who’s gay and who isn’t…I do care about who’s “in bed” with which corporation, however. How come we don’t hear more about that? Jeremy Scahill calls out a few folks on Blackwater.

GOP want Hillary to win nomination because she has so much baggage it isn’t funny. Then even a loser like Huckadoodledoo has that chance in hell.

Oopsie, I mixed my metaphors too much! No gayness in the Scahill stuff that I know of, LOL. I meant it in the politics make for strange bedfellows sort of way. Like the Clintons helping along the privatization of the military functions.

there’s an interesting older book called “Once a Catholic…” which is a series of interviews of different public figures with varying relationships with their church of origin (catholic). Folks like George Carlin, Christopher Buckley, Martin Scorsese, etc. It was fairly interesting as I recall. You might check it out sometime.

Scahill has done great work, as has R.J. Hillhouse (theSpyWhoBilledMe). Dissassembling that nightmare of contractors is a job for the righteous among the spooks, e.g., Ray McGovern, Larry Johnson, and their associates.